diff --git a/tlapbot/redeems.py b/tlapbot/redeems.py
index 32a13dc..6d8be35 100644
--- a/tlapbot/redeems.py
+++ b/tlapbot/redeems.py
@@ -214,7 +214,7 @@ def is_redeem_active(redeem_name: str) -> bool | None:
 
 
 
-def is_redeem_from_config_active(redeem: Redeem, active_categories: list[str]) -> bool:
+def is_redeem_from_config_active(redeem: tuple[str, Redeem], active_categories: list[str]) -> bool:
     """Checks if redeem is active. `redeem` is a whole key:value pair from redeems config."""
     if isinstance(redeem[1].get("category"), list):
         for category in redeem[1]["category"]:
diff --git a/tlapbot/tlapbot_types.py b/tlapbot/tlapbot_types.py
index f79db4b..a972e9e 100644
--- a/tlapbot/tlapbot_types.py
+++ b/tlapbot/tlapbot_types.py
@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
-from typing import Tuple, Any, TypeAlias
+from typing import Any, TypeAlias
 
-Redeem: TypeAlias = Tuple[str, dict[str, Any]]
-Redeems: TypeAlias = Tuple[str, Redeem]
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+Redeem: TypeAlias = dict[str, dict[str, Any]]
+# at the moment the Any could be specialized to str | int | list[str]
+Redeems: TypeAlias = dict[str, Redeem]
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